Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts Memorial Auditorium
 Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh and commemorative statue of the metropolis'southward namesake Sir Walter Raleigh | |
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| Accost | 2 Due east Due south Street Raleigh, North Carolina Us |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 35°46′17″Northward 78°38′22″W / 35.771325°North 78.639483°W / 35.771325; -78.639483 |
| Blazon | Performing arts center |
| Capacity | Raleigh Memorial Auditorium: 2,277 Meymandi Concert Hall: 1,700 Fletcher Opera Theater: 600 Kennedy Theater: 150 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1932 |
| Reopened | 2001 |
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Duke Energy Middle for the Performing Arts is the main venue for the performing arts in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The naming rights to the center currently are held by Knuckles Energy (formerly Progress Free energy), which purchased them from the metropolis in 2005 for a 20-yr term at the cost of $7.5 million. The original naming rights previously were held by Business Telecom, Inc. (now EarthLink)), and the facility was known as the BTI Center for the Performing Arts from 1997-2005. BTI Possessor Peter Loftin donated $3.1 million to the center in 1999, matching BTI's earlier donation.[1]
The heart consists of:
- Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (opened 1932, renovated 1990)
- Meymandi Concert Hall (opened 2001)
- A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater (opened 2001)
- Kennedy Theater (opened 2001)
- Lichtin Plaza (opened 2001)
Performance Venues and Facilities [edit]
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium [edit]
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium opened in 1932 to supercede the city's original 1912 City Auditorium, which burned in 1930. The auditorium's name commemorates Raleigh citizens who died serving their country during World War I.
Situated downtown at the southern end of Fayetteville Street, the Greek Revival structure is an architectural complement to the Northward Carolina State Capitol located a few blocks abroad at the northern terminus of the street. The removal of the obstructive original Raleigh Convention Eye in 2005 (at present replaced with a building on an adjacent site) restored the historic vista along Fayetteville Street between Memorial Auditorium and the Capitol.
Following minor improvements in 1963 and 1977, the auditorium was renovated extensively in 1990, with the notable addition of an external modern glass concourse and foyer. The venue seats two,277 and most oft hosts large musical theater productions.
Meymandi Concert Hall [edit]
Meymandi Concert Hall seats one,700 in a shoebox configuration. It is the abode of the N Carolina Symphony, which previously held its concerts in Memorial Auditorium. Named for the mother of Raleigh physician and philanthropist Dr. Assad Meymandi, the facility has excellent acoustics.[2] The North Carolina Debutante Ball is held annually at the Meymandi Concert Hall.[3]
Fletcher Opera Theater [edit]
Fletcher Opera Theater seats 600, providing a more intimate space for chamber music, solo and operatic performances, as well equally other ensemble productions. The theater is named in honor of Alfred Johnston Fletcher (1887-1979), a pioneer of television broadcasting in Raleigh, whose family foundation provided partial funding for its construction. In 2010, Carolina Ballet became the theater's resident performing arts organization, performing over 40 times per flavor in the theater.
Kennedy Theater [edit]
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, 2013
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium and Lichtin Plaza, Christmas 2018
Seating 150, the Kennedy Theater offers a 40x60-foot black-box space for nontraditional performances and experimental theater. It is named for longtime Raleigh theater patron M.D. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Sara Lynn.
Lichtin Plaza [edit]
Lichtin Plaza is the 2-acre (8,100 m2) backyard fronting the Duke Energy Middle. It frequently serves every bit a venue for outdoor festivals, likewise as the site of public and private gatherings and tented events. The plaza is named for Harold Lichtin, a prominent regional commercial real estate developer.
Operation Groups and Organizations [edit]
Organizations that regularly hold performances and concerts at the Duke Free energy Heart include:
- Theatre In The Park
- Broadway Series S
- Northward Carolina Opera
- Carolina Ballet
- Northward Carolina Theatre
- Pinecone, The Piedmont Quango of Traditional Music
- Northward Carolina Symphony
- Triangle Youth Orchestra, Triangle Youth Symphony, & Triangle Youth Philharmonic
- Raleigh Dance Theater
- Raleigh Little Theatre
- Called-for Coal Theatre Company
- Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy
- A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute
- Triangle Brass Band
- Triangle Youth Brass Ring
- Shaw University
- The Raleigh Ringers
- TheaterWorksUSA -- The Frown Pout Fish
References [edit]
- ^ Many Cheers for Loftin's Giving TBJ Aug. 2, 1999.
- ^ "Assad Meymandi: Polymath, humanist, philanthropist". www.waltermagazine.com . Retrieved 2020-02-12 .
- ^ Staff, North Land Journal (2019-07-21). "2019 Northward Carolina Debutantes announced". The North Country Journal . Retrieved 2021-12-13 .
External links [edit]
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Media related to Knuckles Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Wikimedia Commons - Website of the Knuckles Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Energy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts